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Sunday, June 7, 2015

In the orchid forest

Some orchids in the orchid forest in Lichtenegg in Southern Germany. The area is famous for the mass occurrence of wild lady's-slipper orchids of the species Cypripedium calceolus, but there are many other species.

Cypripedium calceolus

The Birds-nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) a parasitic orchid without any chlorophyll. The plant needs 9 year for the first flower.